Starting School Training[edit]
After your class finish the Eifel Keep Trial 0, your class scatters everywhere. You pretty much have many jobs to deal with in order for the game to progress. The main icon to look out for when checking your map constantly is the red exclamation point. Quests come in green exclamation point and Bonding goes with yellow exclamation point. Small green stars is essentially small moments like taking a bath or reading a rare book that you might find in someone's house.
Downloading Content[edit]
In case you forget easily, if you have payed for all or some items from the console shop, it should be available on the item download screen that shows presents with boxes in white and ribbons in red. Make sure you check it to unlock it while going down the list. It might save you time and money like unlocking slots and making quartz to enhance your character and their weapon, if the price is right.
School Train Trip[edit]
Each chapter except for the prologue follows a certain pattern. Not exactly like in real life but it's fairly close. Say in school, you learn mentally and physically including using robotic soldiers which sometimes gets involved. You're going to have to unlock and reveal the map as much as you can. And if you have Moon Lens, put it in your collection to reveal enemies and treasures that has yet to be opened.
S-Craft[edit]
S-Craft opens for certain characters throughout the story. It will be locked until you reach a certain part of the chapter. Normally if your EP is 100, that's the best time to use it. But if it reaches 200, you can use its full power, doing maximum damage to your opponent or a group of enemies. If you want to fill it up to the max, there's a number of ways of doing it: breaking boxes and jars, using normal and magic attacks. Or use a special gem or accessory to allow the EP to regenerate before the next battle. If you're in the town or city, find an inn or a hotel and do it twice as doing it once equals to 100 EP. Other ways is using a shower in the train twice and using the baths to recharge while enhancing the bond between characters.
Gifts for Characters[edit]
Sadly, only Rean is able to buy gifts for everyone. With the exception near the finale, it would be wise to buy everyone gifts marked by a yellow box with a red ribbon. Use it when they're in the ex-camp or back at home town Leeves. Unfortunately, some gifts is out of reach when it comes to exchanging items. So make sure you have the right items before exchanging it for the gift. Lastly, at casinos, you might have to use a correct amount of mira to get the gift. Don't be absent minded or the gifts might disappear by the end of the chapter!